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File photo of a variety of e-cigarettes.

The practice of smoking electronic cigarettes

without any restrictions may soon end in San

Francisco under an ordinance unanimously

approved by the city's board of supervisors on

Tuesday.

Supervisor Eric Mar demonstrated to the board

how the e-cigarettes work by taking a puff of the

battery-powered pseudo cigarette that lights up

at the bottom. He noted that under current law

the practice is allowed inside City Hall and all

over the city.

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"Right now it's totally legal what I just did in this

room," Mar said.

The ordinance, which came through from the

board's Rules Committee, would prohibit the use

of the electronic cigarettes where cigarettes are

already not allowed, such as in city buildings.

Other restrictions would be implemented to treat

electronic cigarettes like other tobacco products,

including prohibiting their sale at the same places

where traditional cigarettes cannot be sold.

Mar called the use, sales and marketing of the

electronic smoking devices "the Wild West" with

no regulations in place.

San Francisco Cracks Down on Graffiti

The smoking devices act as a vaporizer with a

nicotine mixture inside.

Mar showed a poster board with the types of

advertising e-cigarette companies use and said

they are targeting teens and youth with bright colored packaging and flavors such as banana and

peach.

The e-cigarettes are also sold alongside "Mentos and candy bars" in stores, according to Mar.

City Department of Public Health head officer Tomas Aragon reiterated the potential dangers and

addictions stemming from the smoking devices. He called for the ban to help reduce exposure to

tobacco for teens and all residents.

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